湖南省汝城二中高考英语一轮复习 阅读训练(22).doc

湖南省汝城二中2014届高考英语一轮复习阅读训练 (22)第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ain england, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. in the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. an hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. the weather gets a little cold. in the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.in england, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. so in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.when you go to england, you will see that some english people usually take an umbrella (伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.if you dont take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.56. why do people in england often talk about the weather?a. because they may have four seasons in one dayb. because they often have very good weatherc. because the weather is warm just like in springd. because the sky is sunny all day57. from the story we know that when _come, there is a heavy rain.a. sunshine and snow b. black cloudsc. summer and winter d. spring and autumn58. people can also have summer in winter. means it is sometimes too _in winter.a. warm b. cool c. cold d. rainy59. in the sunny morning some english people usually take a raincoat or an umbrella with them because _.a. their friends ask them to do so b. it often rains in englandc. they are going to sell them d. they are their favourite things60. the best title (标题)for this passage is _.a. bad seasons b. summer or winterc. the weather in england d. strange english peoplebmr brown was going away for a week. before he left, he said to his son, if anyone asks for me, you can tell him that your father has been out for doing something, and will be back in a week, then be sure to ask him to sit down for a cup of tea.ok, dad, said his son. but he was afraid his son couldnt remember this, he wrote these words down on a piece of paper and gave it to him. his son put it into his small pocket, took it out and looked at it every now and then.four days passed, but no one came to see his father. the boy thought that there was no man to come and that the piece of paper was of no more use for him, so he burnt it that evening.the next afternoon, someone knocked at the door. the boy opened it. a man was standing at the door and said, where is your father? the boy put his hand into his pocket at once and looked for the piece of paper. he could not find it. he suddenly remembered he had burnt it, so he shouted, no more.the man was very surprised. he asked, no more? i met your father last week. when did it happen?burnt yesterday evening.61. mr brown told his son that _.a. he would be away from home for four daysb. he would be back in seven daysc. he would be back in a monthd. he liked a cup of tea62. mr brown wrote the words down on _.a. the wall b. the doorc. a piece of paper d. his sons pocket63. a man came to visit the boys father on _.a. the second day b. the third day c. the fourth day d. the fifth day64. the man was very surprised because _.a. he thought the childs father was deadb. the child didnt ask him to sit downc. the child gave him a cup of tead. he couldnt find that piece of paper65. what was burnt? _.a. the piece of paper b. mr smith c. the visitor d. the boycold age may not sound exciting. but recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older.researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. in fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.the findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the united states. the gallup organization questioned them by telephone in two thousand eight. at that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five.the researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. they also asked about mental or emotional stress.arthur stone at stony brook university in new york led the study. his team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five.the findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties. happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies. the people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties.the study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns(模式) as they grow older. however, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men. researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. one theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions. they also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.professor stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.66. what can be the best title of the text?a. happiness varies with agesb. experience more, worry lessc. the older, the wiserd. being young, being happy67. we can learn from the research that _.a. only when people get older will they feel happierb. stress levels among the youngest are the highestc. older people tend to be gratefuld. older people usually have no worries68. according to the research, when people get older, _.a. they miss the old daysb. they are physically weakc. they have better self-controld. they are more emotional69. according to the researchers, why does happiness increase as people get older? a. they grow more stressed. b. they think less about bad experiences.c. their brain chemistry changes.d. therere no certain answers.70. the author is intended to _.a. advise how to reduce stressb. introduce a scientific findingc. describe how to do researchd. talk about human emotionsdrecently a man came to me, because he was told that there is fluid (积液) around his heart. after trying many drugs which were of no use to reduce the fluid, the doctor told him the only other choice was to have an operation. he refused because he knew that every illness has a mental cause and that if he had the operation but did not clear the mental cause, the fluid would return. at last, he searched the internet to find a psychologist (心理专家), and he found me. the mental cause of his disease was an experience of breaking up five years ago with several friends, whom he had known for over twenty years. this experience broke his heart. not knowing how to “mend” his broken heart, his body created a “repair” by surrounding his heart with fluid to protect it from the sad feelings. much of our work was done to make him recognize the feelings of being loved and forgiving (原谅) his friends. months later, his heart was mended and the fluid disappeared. he left my office after the final meeting with a smile on his face. the key is: to create a healthy body, you must be healthy not only in body, but also in mind. to be mentally healthy, you need to build up strong relationships. creating strong relationships will make it certain that you are living together in a network of loving persons. it is important for building a support system that lifts your spirits. even when you are alone, you will not feel lonely or upset. strong relationships are not spaceshipsthey are not hard to build. 71. in order to cure(治愈) his illness, which of the following ways did the patient try? taking many medicines having an operation seeing a metaphysical healer visiting different doctorsa. b. c. d. 72. the underlined word “it” in paragraph5 refers to “_”.a. a mentally healthy bodyb. a repaired heartc. a network of loving personsd. a support system73. what is the main idea of the passage? a. loving others will keep you in good spirits. b. heart illness can be cured without operation.c. creating strong relationships will keep you healthy.d. mental health is necessary for physical health.74. which of the following views may the writer agree to? a. old friendship is easy to lose.b. a good friendship is a useful medicine.c. the best doctor is your own body.d. it needs many efforts to build relationships.75. if this passage is continued with another paragraph, what would it be probably about? a. how to build strong relationships b. how to protect your heartc. how to keep healthy mentallyd. how to live a healthy life第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）56-60 ababc 61-65 bcdaa 66-70 accdb 7175 bcdba山东省桓台第二中学2012届高三11月模块检测（英语）第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。学asome time ago i discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. i didnt think there would be any difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique(古董) shops near my home. so i left home one morning carrying the chair with me. i went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception (接待). i was quite wrong. the man wouldnt even look at my chair. the second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourthso i decided that my approach must be wrong. i entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. i placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, would you like to buy a chair? he looked it over carefully and said, yes, not a bad chair. how much do you want for it, sir? twenty pounds, i said. ok, he said, ill give you twenty pounds. its got a slightly broken leg, i said. yes, i saw that, its nothing. everything was going according to plan and i was getting excited. what will you do with it? i asked. oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done. ill buy it, i said. what do you mean? youve just sold it to me, he said. yes, i know but ive changed my mind. i am sorry. ill give you twenty-seven pounds for it. you must be crazy, he said. then, suddenly the penny dropped. i know what you want. you want me to repair your chair. youre right, i said. and what would you have done if i had walked in and said, would you mean this chair for me? i wouldnt have agreed to do it, he said. we dont do repairs, not enough money in it and too much trouble. but ill mend this for you, shall we say for five pounds? he was a very nice man and was greatly amused (感到有趣) by the whole thing. 56. we can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer _. a. was rather impolite b. was warmly received c. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair d. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair 57. the underlined word approach in the second paragraph means _. a. plan for dealing with things b. decision to sell things c. idea of repairing things d. way of doing things 58. the expression the penny dropped in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper _.a. changed his mind b. accepted the offer c. saw the writers purpose d. decided to help the writer 59. how much did the writer pay? a. 5. b. 7. c. 20. d. 27. 60. from the text, we can learn that the writer was _. a. honest b. careful c. smart d. funny bthe great fire of london started in the very early hours of 2 september 1666. in four days it destroyed more than three-quarters of the old city, where most of the houses were wooden and close together. one hundred thousand people became homeless, but only a few lost their lives.the fire started on sunday morning in the house of the kings baker (面包师) in pudding lane. the baker, with his wife and family, was able to get out through a window in the roof. a strong wind blew the fire from the bakery(面包房)into a small hotel next door. then it spread quickly into thames street. that was the beginning.by eight oclock three hundred houses were on fire. on monday nearly a kilometer of the city was burning along the river thames. tuesday was the worst day. the fire destroyed many well-known buildings, old st pauls and the guildhall among them.samuel pepys, the famous writer, wrote about the fire. people threw their things into the river. many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. birds fell out of the air because of the heat.the fire stopped only when the king finally ordered people to destroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. with nothing left to burn, the fire became weak and finally died out.after the fire, wren, the architect (建筑师), wanted a city with wider streets and fine new houses of stone. in fact, the streets are still narrow; but he did build more than fifty churches, among them new st pauls.the fire caused great pain and loss, but after it london was a better place: a city for the future and not just of the past.61. the fire began in.a. a hotelb. the palace c. pudding laned. thames street62. the underlined word family in the second paragraph means.a. homeb. children c. wife and husband d. wife and children63. it seems that the writer of the text was most sorry for the fact that.a. some people lost their livesb. the birds in the sky were killed by the firec. many famous buildings were destroyedd. the kings bakery was burned down64. why did the writer cite(引用) samuel pepys? a. because pepys was among those putting out the fire. b. because pepys also wrote about the fire. c. to show that poor people suffered most. d. to give the reader a clearer picture of the fire.65. how was the fire put out according to the text? a. the king and his soldiers came to help. b. all the wooden houses in the city were destroyed. c. people managed to get enough water from the river. d. houses standing in the direction of the fire were pulled down.ca good heartdikembe mutombo grew up in africa among great poverty and disease. he came to georgetown university on a scholarship（奖学金） to study medicine - but coach (教练) john thompson got a look at dikembe and had a different idea. dikembe became a star in the nba, and a citizen of the united states. but he never forgot the land of his birth, or the duty to share his fortune with others. he built a new hospital in his old hometown in the congo. a friend has said of this good-hearted man: mutombo believes that god has given him this chance to do great things.success and kindnessafter her daughter was born, julie aigner-clark searched for ways to share her love of music and art with her child. so she borrowed some equipment, and began filming childrens videos (录象) in her own house. the baby einstein company was born, and in just five years her business grew to more than $20 million in sales. and she is using her success to help others - producing child safety videos with john walsh of the national center for missing and exploited children. julie says of her new program: i believe its the most important thing that i have ever done. i believe that children have the right to live in a world that is safe.bravery and couragea few weeks ago, wesley autrey was waiting at a harlem subway station with his two little girls when he saw a man fall into the path of a train. with seconds to act, wesley jumped onto the tracks, pulled the man into the space between the rails (铁轨), and held him as the train passed right above their heads. he insists hes not a hero. he says: we have got to show each other some love.66. what was mutombo praised for?a. being a star in the nba. b. being a student of medicine.c. his work in the church. d. his willingness to help the needy.67. mulombo believes that building the new hospital isa. helpful to his personal developmentb. something he should do for his homelandc. a chance for his friends to share his moneyd. a way of showing his respect to the nba68. what did the baby einstein company do at its beginning?a. produce safety equipment for children.b. make videos to help protect children.c. sell childrens music and artwork.d. look for missing and exploited children.69. why was wesley autrey praised as a hero?a. he helped a man get across the rails.b. he stopped a man from destroying the rails.c. he protected two little girls from getting hurt.d. he saved a person without considering his own safety.70. what would be the best title for the text?a. heroes of our time b. the great men c .kind actions d. successful examplesd “our aim is to take our art to the world and make people undertand what it is to move.”said david belle, the founder of parkour(跑酷）。 do you love running?it is a good exercise, yet many people find it boring. but what if making your morning jog a creative one? like jumping from walls and over gaps, and ground rolls? just like the james bond in the movie casino royale? bond jumps down from a roof to a windowsill and then runs several blocks ove obstacles on the way. it is just because of bonds wonderful performances that the sport has become popular worldwide.yes, thats parkour, an extre